Preparing for glory

March 06, 2007 Pictures premiered "300" -- the stylish retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae fought between Spartans and Persians -- at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Zack Snyder-directed film, based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, shows the Spartans as a hardy lot who threw out unfit newborns over cliffs and trained vigorously for battle, but at the Roosevelt Hotel afterparty in Hollywood, Snyder admitted he didn't have what it takes to be one: I'm a potter or a sculptor. Sitting in a Grecian-style cabana surrounded by an entourage, Miller enjoyed attention rarely accorded to comic book creators.

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